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===March=== {{Main|March 1946}} * [[March 2]] ** British troops withdraw from [[Pahlavi Iran|Iran]] according to treaty; the Soviets do not. ** [[Ho Chi Minh]] is elected President of [[North Vietnam]]. * [[March 4]] – [[Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim|C. G. E. Mannerheim]] resigns as [[president of Finland]]. * [[March 5]] – In his speech at [[Westminster College (Missouri)|Westminster College]], in [[Fulton, Missouri]], [[Winston Churchill]] talks about the ''[[Iron Curtain]]''. * [[March 6]] – [[First Indochina War]]: [[Ho Chi Minh]] signs an agreement with France, which recognizes [[Vietnam]] as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union. * [[March 7]] – The [[18th Academy Awards]] Ceremony is held. [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] goes to ''[[The Lost Weekend (film)|The Lost Weekend]]''. * [[March 8]] – The [[Bell 47]] becomes the first helicopter certified for civilian use in the [[United States]] * [[March 9]] – [[Juho Kusti Paasikivi]] becomes the 7th [[President of Finland]]. * [[March 19]] ** The [[Soviet Union]] and Switzerland resume [[diplomatic relations]]. ** [[French Guiana]], [[Guadeloupe]], [[Martinique]] and [[Réunion]] become [[overseas department|overseas ''départements'']] of France. * [[March 22]] – The United Kingdom grants the [[British protectorate]] of the [[Emirate of Transjordan]] (later known as [[Jordan]]) its independence by the [[Treaty of London (1946)|Treaty of London]].<ref>"Year by Year 1946" – [[History Channel International]].</ref> * [[March 29]] – The [[Gold Coast (British colony)|Gold Coast]] has an African majority in its parliament.
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